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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 498

Roman Empire

Israeli researchers from Bar Ilan University and Jerusalem's Azrieli Academic College of Engineering deciphered an inscription on a pottery sherd from the Alexandrium fortress in the Jordan Valley. (Yodan Flaytman, Staff Officer for Archaeology in Judea and Samaria)
Inscription found in Alexandrium fortress could shed new light on Jewish Revolt
By Rossella Tercatin
Israeli researchers decipher an ostracon in a grand 1st-century structure in the Jordan Valley that could prove Jewish rebels used the site in their fight against Rome
Israeli researchers from Bar Ilan University and Jerusalem's Azrieli Academic College of Engineering deciphered an inscription on a pottery sherd from the Alexandrium fortress in the Jordan Valley. (Yodan Flaytman, Staff Officer for Archaeology in Judea and Samaria)
February 12, 2025, 11:09 am
Inscription found in Alexandrium fortress could shed new light on Jewish Revolt
Israeli researchers decipher an ostracon in a grand 1st-century structure in the Jordan Valley that could prove Jewish rebels used the site in their fight against Rome
By Rossella Tercatin
A 1,900-year-old papyrus written in Greek has been deciphered for the first time by a group of Israeli and Austrian scholars. The artifact, renamed Papyrus Cotton, features the notes of a trial in the period leading up to the Bar Kochba revolt. (Shai Halevi, Courtesy of the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library, Israel Antiquities Authority)
January 30, 2025, 5:18 am
Fraud, forgery and sedition: 1,900-year-old papyrus records Roman trial against Jews
New research on the longest Greek papyrus from the Judean Desert ever discovered offers unprecedented insights into life in the Land of Israel in Bar Kochba era
By Rossella Tercatin
Left: A Roman-era boundary stone found at the site of Abel Beth Maacah in Northern Israel. (Tal Rogovsky); right: Likely head of Emperor Diocletian, Istanbul Museum of Archaeology (Wikipedia)
January 26, 2025, 5:01 pm
Roman-era boundary stone hints at a political tiff described in the Jerusalem Talmud
Unearthed in Upper Galilee, 3rd century CE artifact might prove rumored tensions between Emperor Diocletian and local population; also mentions two hitherto unknown Golan villages
By Rossella Tercatin
View of the Baneas cave, associated with Pan worship. (Doron Gahali/courtesy)
December 2, 2024, 9:35 am
In a watery Golan cave, Herod’s great-grandson entertained in the Roman imperial style
An altar dedicated to the cult of Pan was likely converted to a banquet area by Herodian ruler Agrippa II, aligning with the account of Josephus, new research shows
By Gavriel Fiske
'Pollice Verso (Thumbs Down),' by painter Jean-Léon Gérôme. (Public domain via JTA)
December 1, 2024, 2:04 am
There are no Jewish fighters in ‘Gladiator II.’ But what about in ancient Rome?
‘It’s pretty clear from Josephus and from the archaeology’ that gladiators fought in Caesarea, says NYU professor; Israeli actors Lior Raz and Yuval Gonen among modern-day cast
By Luke Tress
Aerial view of the historical Masada fortress, near the Dead Sea, December 3, 2021.(Moshe Shai/Flash90)
September 6, 2024, 1:05 am
Masada legend upended: ‘The Romans came, saw and conquered, quickly and brutally’
The costly Roman operation was likely undertaken only after Masada-based Jewish forces raided nearby Ein Gedi and disrupted production of balsam, a precious commodity, TAU prof says
By Gavriel Fiske
Some of the coins found buried in the foundations an ancient, destroyed Jewish building in Lod, in an image released on June 16, 2024. (Dafna Gazit/IAA)
June 16, 2024, 4:31 pm
Ancient Lod coin hoard reveals details of little-known 4th-century Jewish uprising
94 coins found in a destroyed Jewish public building were buried during the short-lived Gallus Revolt, undertaken by the Jews during a time of Roman civil war
By Gavriel Fiske
Illustrative photo of grapes ready for harvest in the Golan. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
April 22, 2024, 10:11 am
Two thousand years ago, wine was likely as complex and flavorful as today
Roman wines ‘may even have rivaled the fine wines of today,’ archaeologist says; Israeli wine expert opines that Jewish wine during the Roman period was likely ‘very great’
By Gavriel Fiske
Composite image showing, from left to right, Prof. David Kazhdan, Prof. Maren R. Niehoff and Prof. Nathan Lineal of the Hebrew University. (courtesy)
April 11, 2024, 1:15 pm
Fourteen Israeli professors awarded top EU research grants
Researchers from the Hebrew University, the Technion, Tel Aviv University and the Weizmann Institute to each receive €2.5 million in funding from the European Research Council
By Gavriel Fiske
Herod the Great, left, and the Second Temple. (Wikimedia Commons/iStock/Jerry Uomala)
March 31, 2024, 5:52 am
Temples, tantrums and tyranny: The peculiar legacy of Judean King Herod the Great
The 1st century BCE ruler played politics in Rome, lavishly rebuilt Judea, executed his own relatives out of paranoia, and is the subject of a new book by Prof. Martin Goodman
By Rich Tenorio
Entrance to a hiding complex at the Huqoq excavation site. (Emil Aladjem/ Israel Antiquities Authority)
March 18, 2024, 3:00 pm
Ancient Jewish revolt-era ‘safe rooms’ revealed in the Galilee
Community excavation of Huqoq village carried out with the aid of volunteers and schools; 2,000-year-old finds at site to open to the public March 29 and April 5
By Gavriel Fiske
The excavation site of a Roman Legion permanent base, at the foot of Tel Meggido, in an undated photo. (Emil Aladjem/IAA)
February 14, 2024, 2:21 pm
Buildings, roads in ‘huge, complete’ Roman-era military base revealed by excavations
Site near Tel Meggido is the only excavated Roman permanent camp in Israel; the Roman Sixth Legion, which was based there, fought against Jewish forces in the Bar Kochba revolt
By Gavriel Fiske
Visitors tour the interior of the Pantheon's dome in Rome, on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. The structure was built under Roman Emperor Augustus between 27-25 BC to celebrate all gods worshipped in ancient Rome and rebuilt under Emperor Hadrian between 118 and 128 A.D. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
October 4, 2023, 6:16 am
Defying the ages: Scientists try to explain how ancient buildings are still standing
Reverse-engineering pinpoints materials and techniques used by Romans, Mayans and Chinese; the research could help contemporary architecture to endure
By Maddie Burakoff
People walk in the excavation site of the ancient Roman emperor Nero's theater, 1st century AD, backdropped by the church of Santo Spirito in Sassia, during a press preview, in Rome, Wednesday, July 26, 2023 (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
July 28, 2023, 6:21 pm
Ruins of ancient Nero’s Theater discovered near Vatican
Officials say findings under site of future hotel provide a rare look at Roman history over the centuries
By Nicole Winfield
The “Grande Ludovisi” sarcophagus, with a battle scene between Roman soldiers and Germans, in a marble sarcophagus from 251/252 CE. (Museo Nazionale Romano di Palazzo Altemps, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
May 1, 2023, 3:31 am
Roman army may have included kosher-observant Jews 2,000 years ago, study finds
High numbers of Jews likely served in the legions that brought down Jerusalem and could have constituted even up to 15% of the vast empire’s army
By Melanie Lidman
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